A very interesting series of emails between several UKIP MEPs has been leaked to us by one of our well placed contacts at the heart of UKIP. Copies have also been sent by us to GLW.
You can't stop the leaks, Nigel!
The Pearson/Farage strategy of 'let's all campaign for the Tories' is causing quite a few problems. Certain MEPs are not very happy!
UKIP is now on the point of imploding. And who can we thank? Nigel Farage and Malcolm Pearson! They have turned UKIP into nothing more than a Tory pressure group. They have betrayed the membership and they have betrayed the country.
We must commend Mike Nattrass and Gerard Batten for their principled stance. They clearly have the member's interests at heart.
No surprise to see Bannerman trying to spin Farage and Pearson out of the mess!. He still wants to be leader and needs to keep in Farage's good books!
It is interesting to note that Farage's wife is copied into the emails. So now we know what she does for that £30,000. She reads his emails to him!
Read and enjoy!
From: mike nattrass
From: mike nattrass
To: DAMIAN
CC: kevin.bonici@europarl.europa.eu; paulandrewnuttall@yahoo.co.uk; dclark@ukip.org; trevor.colman@ukipsw.org; nfarage@ukip.org; gbloom@ukip.org; gerard.batten@btinternet.com; martaandreasen@hotmail.com; k.farage@yahoo.co.uk; dcbdcbuk@yahoo.co.uk; johnbufton@tiscali.co.uk
Sent: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:03
Subject: RE: SHOULD I RESIGN?
Damian.
That headline on our UKIP web site has caused a very bad feeling about UKIP web site Admin here in the West Midlands. It shows a profound misunderstanding about why UKIP exists in the West Midlands. Do you want us to split off?
My own fury is nothing compared to some of the others.
THIS IS DAVE NIXON (the man getting us seats in the North of Staffs)......
"I know for a fact that Lord Pearson cost us votes from former Labour voters with his stupid espousal of going round that constituency wearing a conservative rosette. We are a Labour area. It is from Labour that we have won 5 Borough Council seats and 3 County Council seats. Until the party loses its fixation with helping the Tories by not putting up candidates in anti E.U. Tory seats we will not move forward as a party. I telephoned UKIP DEvon twice during the election campaign to complain that Lord Pearson was costing us many votes. Regards Dave
Subject: RE: SHOULD I RESIGN?
Damian.
That headline on our UKIP web site has caused a very bad feeling about UKIP web site Admin here in the West Midlands. It shows a profound misunderstanding about why UKIP exists in the West Midlands. Do you want us to split off?
My own fury is nothing compared to some of the others.
THIS IS DAVE NIXON (the man getting us seats in the North of Staffs)......
"I know for a fact that Lord Pearson cost us votes from former Labour voters with his stupid espousal of going round that constituency wearing a conservative rosette. We are a Labour area. It is from Labour that we have won 5 Borough Council seats and 3 County Council seats. Until the party loses its fixation with helping the Tories by not putting up candidates in anti E.U. Tory seats we will not move forward as a party. I telephoned UKIP DEvon twice during the election campaign to complain that Lord Pearson was costing us many votes. Regards Dave
P.S. Gerrard Batton is right. I know of UKIP people who have gone back to the Tories. Good Riddance. The Tories are the problem of why we are in the mess with the E.U. They are not the solution."
DEREK BENNETT is also stunned because in Walsall we came first in June having moved into Labour ground. We take Labour votes here. WE CAME FIRST IN JUNE.
PHIL ROWE in Dudley where we came first in June is angry. Phil is spitting feathers. Lord P, Clowning about in Tory Colours damaged Dudley. How dare he? These are cloth cap people in Dudley who we meet in the market place, putting us at number 1 ... because we are not racist and we want the interests of the UK first. Nothing to do with Tory Prats.
DAMIAN. We woprk very hard for votes here in the West Midlands and I cannot explain to you how demotivated that kind of CRAP on our own web site makes us feel. I would NEVER vote Tory ... even if it was a one part state.
Mike
MIKE NATTRASS MEP
DEREK BENNETT is also stunned because in Walsall we came first in June having moved into Labour ground. We take Labour votes here. WE CAME FIRST IN JUNE.
PHIL ROWE in Dudley where we came first in June is angry. Phil is spitting feathers. Lord P, Clowning about in Tory Colours damaged Dudley. How dare he? These are cloth cap people in Dudley who we meet in the market place, putting us at number 1 ... because we are not racist and we want the interests of the UK first. Nothing to do with Tory Prats.
DAMIAN. We woprk very hard for votes here in the West Midlands and I cannot explain to you how demotivated that kind of CRAP on our own web site makes us feel. I would NEVER vote Tory ... even if it was a one part state.
Mike
MIKE NATTRASS MEP
To: mikenattrass@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: SHOULD I RESIGN?
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 21:01:41 +0100
MIke
I'm the web editor, it was a headline in the paper and was used to point to our results. There is no other narrative attached. It will be changed tomorrow.
Regards
Damian
On 9 May 2010, at 18:49, mike nattrass wrote:
DAMIAN
WHO AUTHORISED YOU TO PUT THE HEADLINE ABOUT 10 TORY SEATS ON OUR WEB SITE PLEASE?
MIKE
To: mikenattrass@hotmail.com; dcbdcbuk@yahoo.co.uk; kevin.bonici@europarl.europa.eu
CC: paulandrewnuttall@yahoo.co.uk; dclark@ukip.org; trevor.colman@ukipsw.org; nfarage@ukip.org; gbloom@ukip.org; martaandreasen@hotmail.com;mep_eastmids@hotmail.com; k.farage@yahoo.co.uk; johnbufton@tiscali.co.uk
Subject: RE: SHOULD I RESIGN?
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 14:54:50 +0100
Dear All,
Just seen this. I agree with Mike. I am sick to death of seeing UKIP defined in terms of the Tories. In the Daily Express yesterday the political editor, who wrote articles backing Lord Pearson in the leadership election, said 'UKIP had denied the Tories a million votes'. This is all part of a movement, sadly endorsed at the top of our party, to use UKIP just a stick to beat the Tories with.
Anyone that fees that way - please go back to the Tory party and agitate from within it and leave UKIP alone.
Regards,
Gerard
From: mike nattrass [mailto:mikenattrass@hotmail.com]
Sent: 09 May 2010 14:19
To: NECd d; kevin.bonici@europarl.europa.eu
Cc: UKIP Paul Nuttall; CLARK MEP; TREVOR; NIGEL; BLOOM MEP; NEC gerard; marta andreason; DEREK MEP; NIGEL K; BUFTONWALES
Subject: SHOULD I RESIGN?
DAViD
What you say is irrelevant as we are UKIP, not previous Tory voters! Why did the headline not say that we stopped Labour winning 10 seats? .... just as bad but you always bang on about the Tories. This is almost a UKIP suicide note.
I am so sick of trying to tell voters that we are not inclined towards the Tory Party and that we are against the LibLabCon which is one party. Then we blow it all AGAIN with a headline about how we took Tory votes.
NO WE DID NOT we took UKIP votes from the LibLabCon and in the West Midlands you only have to look to see that actually these are former Labour voters with others from across the voting spectrum.
Unless this trash is removed from our web site I see it as a resigning matter. You had better call me to explain.
Your manifesto was the best thing in the election and the leaflet "Mini Manifesto" was the cats whiskers. Nothing to do with the LibLabCon and especially nothing to do with the Cons. Forget the bloody Cons we are UKIP. GET IT?
Mike
MIKE NATTRASS MEP
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 10:26:31 +0000
From: dcbdcbuk@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: KEVIN ...HELP!
To: kevin.bonici@europarl.europa.eu; mikenattrass@hotmail.com
CC: paulandrewnuttall@yahoo.co.uk; dclark@ukip.org; trevor.colman@ukipsw.org; nfarage@ukip.org; gbloom@ukip.org; gerard.batten@btinternet.com;martaandreasen@hotmail.com; mep_eastmids@hotmail.com; k.farage@yahoo.co.uk; johnbufton@tiscali.co.uk
Hi Mike,
Whilst I take your point that we do not aspire to be an alternate Tory party, and I fullly agree with that, I understood this story to be about Power - i.e. that we have caused the Tories to fall short of an overall majority, and have done this without any MPs being elected. We can exert power through tight marginals.
Indeed, they have won a number of seats with only a few hundred votes on top of the 15 or so we claim to have directly effected. If Labour rally a bit with a new Leader next time, these too could be lost to the Tories.
Best wishes, dcb
From: william@williamdartmouth.com
To: ukipmep@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: RE: ARE WE MAD? WHY MENTION THE CONS?
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 19:09:12 +0100
Mike ,
I agree entirely .
Do you have Kevin Bonici ‘s contacts to get this down ?
Very best William.
From: mike nattrass [mailto:ukipmep@hotmail.co.uk]
Sent: 08 May 2010 17:53
To: NIGEL
Subject: ARE WE MAD? WHY MENTION THE CONS?
Our UKIP.ORG web site says "Did UKIP COST TORIES 10 SEATS" ...... we are mad putting that there!
We take former Labour votes in the West Midlands and from all others. Why on earth do we keep banging on about the stupid Tories? I could not care a damn about the Tories.
Are we trying to say UKIP is a wasted vote because somehow Tories are good? Is not Lord P bad enough in that area?
Why do we want to devalue our UKIP support by suggesting our voters would otherwise have voted Con? Rubbish, I would spoil mine first!
I would not vote Tory to save them from man eating Europhiles. UKIP is UKIP and not some kind of excuse for not voting LibLabCon.
Do not insult me. I am UKIP.
Mike
MIKE NATTRASS MEP
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